Question

Online Math Video Quest
Teaching math to children and helping them develop early math skills is an essential aspect of being an educator or child caregiver—but it can also be one of the most difficult tasks. Especially when you are tasked with helping a variety of ages learn and develop skills in a variety of mathematical areas and contexts!

One very effective way to help children of all ages learn and develop math skills is by adding educational videos to their lessons and activities. With the plethora of videos available online, the options are virtually endless!

Plus, kids are often very visual learners, which makes math videos a great tool to use.

For this lab, you are going to go on an online video hunt, searching for effective and useful math videos that can be used to teach different concepts to different ages.

Based on what you learned in the unit, you will find videos to help teach math concepts to the following age groups:

Two videos for two- to three-year olds
Two videos for three- to five-year olds
Two videos for school-aged kids
Each video should highlight or help teach a concept that is appropriate for the given age group. Please make sure to watch each video that you select to ensure that it is appropriate the whole way through.

In a word processing document, you will list the videos for each age group and include the website link. For each website, write a short paragraph identifying and explaining the following:

A brief summary of the video
Why you chose this video for this age group, why it might be useful, why you think the children will like it or respond to it
The concept that it explores
In total, you will have six videos, two for each of the three different age groups. If possible, try to make sure the videos for each age group explore different concepts.

Here is an example of what your paragraph might look like:

Symmetry for Kids Video

Understanding symmetry can be difficult for some students—but this video makes it so much easier! It offers the perfect introduction to the concept of symmetry! I really like how this video not only shows and explains symmetry in terms of shapes and drawings but also by using real-life objects as examples. It really helps to get kids thinking about symmetry that exists in the world around them! Even though this video doesn’t feature a catchy tune, the appealing graphics and incredibly clear explanation of symmetry makes it an excellent resource for introducing the concept of basic symmetry.

For more information on how you will be graded, please refer to the rubric below.

Lab Grading Rubric
Content Format & Mechanics
Full Credit
Student’s video list and explanation includes all of the required information and provides thoughtful and accurate evaluations and summaries.

It is evident that the student did an excellent job using information from the unit, in addition to online research, to provide precise, relevant, and meaningful content on the required topics.

Student’s lab is beautifully organized and has an easy-to-understand format that is aesthetically pleasing and meets the given requirements.

Student’s lab includes all videos and all are appropriate and well-suited for the requirements.

Lab has few to no spelling, mechanical, or grammatical errors.

Partial Credit
Student’s video list and explanation includes most of the required information and provides somewhat thoughtful and accurate evaluations and summaries.

It is evident that the student did a decent job using information from the unit, as well as online research, to provide somewhat accurate, mostly relevant, and fairly meaningful content on the required topics.

Student’s lab is fairly well-organized and has a somewhat easy-to-understand format that is mostly aesthetically pleasing and meets most of the given requirements.

Student’s lab includes four or more mostly appropriate videos.

Lab has some spelling, grammatical, and mechanical errors, but nothing major.

Little Credit
Student’s video list and explanations are lacking much of the required information and do not provide thoughtful or accurate evaluations and summaries.

It is evident that the student did not use enough information from the unit, or perform enough online research, to provide pertinent content on the required topics.

Student’s lab is not well-organized and is difficult to understand due to poor formatting and aesthetics.

Student’s lab has three or fewer videos and/or many of the videos are not appropriate and do not meet the requirements.

Lab has multiple spelling, grammatical, and mechanical errors, making it difficult to understand the information.

Answer 1

I can do this for you, but a quick note: I don’t have live web access so I can’t watch videos or fetch current direct links. I can, however, put together a ready-to-use lab with six recommended, age-appropriate videos (title, channel, where to find them, and a full paragraph for each: summary, why it fits the age group, and the math concept). You can then verify/watch and add the exact URLs, or I can revise recommendations if you paste links you want evaluated.

Which would you prefer?
- Option A: I provide six recommended video titles + channel names + full paragraphs (you’ll add/verify links).
- Option B: You paste candidate video links you found and I write the paragraphs for those exact videos (I’ll work from what you provide).